Total births
32
Girls' name · since 1908
Tossie
Tossie has 32 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 32
- total births
- 1908–1918
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
Tossie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 32 have been recorded since 1908.
Tossie has 32 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1918.
- 32 total births
- 1908–1918 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 81% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
32 girls have been named Tossie since 1908, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1918.
- 32
- total births
- 1908–1918
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
1910s
Peak decade
81% of everyone ever named Tossie was born in this single decade.
1917
Single peak year
8 babies were named Tossie in 1917 - its busiest year on record.
Tossie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tossie's full recorded timeline at 1916, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tossie at a glance
Last recorded 1918Peak year
1917
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1908
Tossie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1918
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Tossie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Tossie's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Tossie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 26 births (81% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Tossie? ▼
Tossie has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 1908, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1918. 8 babies were born in 1917, its single highest year.
When was Tossie most popular? ▼
Tossie was most popular in the 1910s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Tossie been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Tossie since 1908 -- 11 years through the most recent 1918 data.
What names are similar to Tossie? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tosha, Toshia, Toshiko, Toshiba, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Tossie
Nearby Names Like Tossie
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Tossie
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Toshia Girl
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Toshiko Girl
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Toshiba Girl
408 births
Tosca Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1908–1918 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Tossie: Baby Name Since 1908 - 32 Births, Peak 1917." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/tossie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tossie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.